I recently looked at how a Bailey Alicanto model is faring now that it has been crowned with the ‘Deluxe’ tag, as I reviewed the Bailey Alicanto Grande Deluxe Sintra.

The same ‘Deluxe’ tag was also added to the Unicorn line-up, which is roughly £5000 cheaper than the Alicantos and was once Bailey’s most popular range. But it now lacks the 8ft width which both the Alicantos and the Pegasus Black range – the next down in the price pecking order – enjoy.

To compare and contrast them, I took a look at the Unicorn Deluxe Cabrera, a single-axle four-berth with an inline island bed, at the Leeds Caravan Centre. So how does it shape up, and should it be on your list if you’re after the best four berth caravan?

Pitch and set-up

The Cabrera may not be 8ft wide, but it still comes with ATC, shock absorbers and an AKS300 stabiliser.

You get two external lockers on the nearside, too. That’s unusual for a model with an inline island bed layout: the rear locker here opens out to a corner of the space under the bed. Access isn’t as generous as it would be with a transverse island bed with a locker, though.

You also get an external mains socket and barbecue point. All other services, including the cassette toilet access, are hidden away on the offside in the island bed caravan.

Lounge in the Bailey Unicorn Deluxe Cabrera

The Unicorn range was one of the first to have the big central window that brings so much light into Bailey caravans, and I think it still looks good in this front lounge. You could easily seat four people here, even with the side bolsters taking up room.

The lounge in the Cabrera
Big curved central window floods the. lounge with light, and there’s seating for up to five in the comfortable lounge

At night there are LEDs in the housing for the central window, and ambient light behind the lockers. You only get two spotlights, but they come with USB ports.

The space for the TV by the door
There’s power and space for a TV by the door, with sight-lines from around the lounge

There is a mains socket by the central chest. However, even the best caravans to buy can have niggles, and in this area, the snag is the table – it’s stored under the island bed, so you have to carry it through the caravan to set it up.

Kitchen in the Bailey Unicorn Deluxe Cabrera

I was pleased with the amount of workspace in the kitchen, and the worktop has two sockets with covers nearby, with plenty of space for a kettle or toaster. The sink benefits from a swan-neck detachable tap, while you get a dual-fuel four-burner hob (with wooden hob cover) above a separate oven and grill, and a flatbed microwave up above.

The Cabrera with the extension in place
With its flip-up extension, the worktop is generous

Across the aisle is a 137-litre tower fridge – enough for the food of a family of four.

Washroom in the Bailey Unicorn Deluxe Cabrera

With a swing door at the front and a sliding partition door at the back, the dressing area in the centre of the washroom feels a little narrower than some. But that swing door comes with a set of hooks that are great for dressing gowns, while both the shower cubicle and the main washroom itself are well lit both with roof lights and artificially.

The washbasin and toilet in the washroom
There’s a large built-in basin with decent mirrors on the double cupboard

The large shower cubicle comes with a lit panel with a pretty leaf pattern, and you also get a large shelf for shampoos and a clothes rail for drying wet clothes. There’s only one drainage hole, however.

Beds in the Bailey Unicorn Deluxe Cabrera

You can roll the island bed back to use as a day bed, and you might want to, because in its rolled out state it leaves you with very little room to get around to the sides.

the island bed
It’s very tight to move around the island bed, but it can be rolled back during the day

It’s easy to make up the double bed in the front lounge, because the base cushions and backrests here are so flat and solid that you don’t need to turn them over. It’s not a particularly wide double, however.

Storage in the Bailey Unicorn Deluxe Cabrera

So how does the Cabrera shape up when it comes to storage for loading the caravan? Once you have removed the table, there is plenty of space under the bed, with the far corner area externally accessible, too. Back here there are also two overhead lockers between good-size wardrobes.

The clear area under the nearside front settee is also accessible through a handy little flap by the door, although strangely the waterproofing area that sits in front of the external locker door does not extend as far as this. If you are putting boots away you have to lift them carefully over some wiring.

The area under the offside settee is partly taken up with the Alde heater, although the bit that is clear is accessible through an internal flap. You can reach both areas by lifting the slats up.

The storage in the cupboard
Cupboard storage space is good overall, but some of the shelves are quite narrow

There is an overhead locker on each side and a corner locker, although I found the doors to the latter on my test model sometimes rubbed on the ceiling.

Kitchen storage includes two overhead cupboards next to the microwave, then a base unit with a set of pull-out wire baskets on the right-hand side, and two deep drawers under the sink, one of which has a cutlery tray in. It’s good that they are deep, because the two lockers that run along the bottom of the unit are quite shallow.

Alternatives to consider

You could take a look at the Swift Conqueror 580, a tourer which has a great rear bedroom and features some classy updates to its interior lighting.

Or alternatively, how about the Coachman VIP 565? The fixed single-bed caravan comes with a layout that has plenty of appeal and a spacious end washroom.

If you could be tempted by a pre-owned tourer instead, you can also see what Andy Jenkinson has to say about buying a 2021 Bailey Unicorn Cabrera Black Edition, a van which comes with an impressive island bed and spec.

Technical specification

  • Price: £33,399
  • Berths: 4
  • MiRO: 1446kg
  • Payload: 154kg
  • MTPLM: 1600kg
  • Interior length: 6.07m
  • Shipping length: 7.34m
  • Overall width: 2.26m
  • Contact: baileyofbristol.co.uk

Spec list

  • Al-Ko chassis with shock absorbers
  • ATC
  • AKS3004 stabiliser
  • 15-inch black alloy wheels
  • Steel spare wheel mounted on chassis
  • Al-Ko secure portable wheel lock
  • 130W solar panel
  • Status 570 telescopic directional digital TV aerial
  • Exterior mains socket and BBQ point
  • Alde heating
  • Thetford 137-litre tower fridge
  • Thetford dual-fuel four-burner hob
  • Thetford oven and grill, flatbed microwave, wireless phone charger
  • SONOS speaker
  • Beds: Rear double: 1.89 x 1.39
  • Front double: 1.97 x 1.23m
  • Or two singles: 1.73 x 0.84m

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